> chesapeake, va · verified oct 22, 2026
Virginia
Chesapeake's only security group of its own is a student cyber club at Tidewater Community College, but ISSA Hampton Roads holds a free Friday evening networking social at Tap-It Local on Grassfield Parkway roughly once a month. The chapter's monthly talks, DC757 hacker meetups and the 2600 meeting take place elsewhere in Hampton Roads, in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Hampton. The first BSides Hampton Roads was held October 9 and 10, 2026 at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, and CyberForge, a student-run conference and capture-the-flag, is set for April 3 and 4, 2027 at the same university.
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tap-It Local, 648 Grassfield Pkwy, Unit 12, Chesapeake
Informal networking for IT and cybersecurity people; free tickets on Eventbrite. The Meetup series is labeled the third Friday of the month, but this date is the first Friday of November; the event listing's date is the one to trust.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The OV Beach Tavern, 9659 1st View St, Norfolk · Metro area
ISSA-HR's Norfolk happy hour, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The listing states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The Casual Pint, 3380 Princess Anne Rd, Suite 111, Virginia Beach · Metro area
ISSA-HR's Virginia Beach social, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The listing states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Monthly meetings at ECPI University, Virginia Beach; socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Dec 11, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tap-It Local, 648 Grassfield Pkwy, Unit 12, Chesapeake
Informal networking for IT and cybersecurity people. The Meetup series is labeled the third Friday of the month, but this date is the second Friday of December; the event listing's date is the one to trust. The listing states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Tue, Dec 15, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The OV Beach Tavern, 9659 1st View St, Norfolk · Metro area
ISSA-HR's Norfolk happy hour, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The listing states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Dec 16, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The Casual Pint, 3380 Princess Anne Rd, Suite 111, Virginia Beach · Metro area
ISSA-HR's Virginia Beach social, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The listing states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Monthly meetings at ECPI University, Virginia Beach; socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Feb 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Monthly meetings at ECPI University, Virginia Beach; socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Mar 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Monthly meetings at ECPI University, Virginia Beach; socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sat, Apr 3 to Sun, Apr 4, 2027
Old Dominion University, Norfolk (building not stated) · Metro area
Two-day student-run conference and capture-the-flag, open to students and professionals. The organizers' 2027 page gives April 3 and 4, 2027 at Old Dominion University; registration is not open and the fees are listed as TBD, so the access setting follows the 2026 pricing ($10 to $15 for students with a .edu email, $30 to $40 for others). Earlier editions: February 10 and 11, 2024 at Tidewater Community College's Virginia Beach campus; March 22 and 23, 2025 and March 28 and 29, 2026 at Christopher Newport University.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Tue, Apr 6, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Monthly meetings at ECPI University, Virginia Beach; socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, May 18 to Thu, May 20, 2027
Hilton Norfolk The Main, 100 East Main Street, Norfolk · Metro area
Defense-focused summit by the AFCEA Hampton Roads chapter covering information warfare, C4 and cyber, and maritime operations. The 2026 edition ran May 11 to 14, 2026. The 2027 listing states no fee or registration terms yet; some sessions at past editions were restricted.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
Wed, Jun 9 to Thu, Jun 10, 2027
The Marriott Richmond, Richmond · Regional
Two-day Richmond security conference, about 90 miles from Chesapeake. The organizers announced on September 23, 2026 that RVAsec 16 is happening on June 9 and 10, 2027; the site's title gives the Marriott Richmond. No ticket price is stated on the site's front page yet.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Usually held in late August; 2027 dates not yet announced
Virginia Beach oceanfront · Metro area
ExpectedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Monthly meetings at ECPI University, Virginia Beach; socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach · Metro area
Monthly meeting on the first Tuesday, networking from 5:30 p.m., talk from 6:00 p.m., at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach (also streamed on Zoom). Separate evening socials in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, dates posted on Meetup.
The chapter's talk on October 6, 2026 (honeypots, ECPI University) is the latest monthly meeting on its site, and no November talk is posted yet. The Meetup group also runs a Norfolk happy hour at The OV Beach Tavern and a Virginia Beach happy hour at The Casual Pint; its Meetup listing shows the Chesapeake social on October 16 and the Norfolk happy hour on October 20, 2026 as past events. Free tickets are issued through Eventbrite.
Free
Rotates around Hampton Roads; recent meetups at public libraries in Hampton and Norfolk · Metro area
Irregular meetups and socials, announced on LinkedIn and Discord
The September 14, 2026 meetup was announced on LinkedIn as an OSINT talk at the Hampton Library, 4207 Victoria Blvd, Hampton; no post confirming it took place was found, and nothing newer is posted. Earlier 2026 events included Hacker Jeopardy at the Mary D. Pretlow Library in Norfolk (April 6) and a Star Wars Day social. The group's website lists no events; watch LinkedIn or Discord for the next date.
Free
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m.
Part of 2600 Magazine's monthly meeting network, which states that all listed meetings occur on the first Friday of each month at 5 p.m. and lists only meetings that have been in touch with the magazine. The last activity date is the first Friday of September 2026, when the magazine's list named the Hampton meeting; no post confirming attendance was found. The group's own page, 2600.757.org, was last updated in 2011 and still names Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach.
Free
Norfolk; the 2026 Cyber Summit was at the ODU Webb Center · Metro area
No public meeting schedule; membership requires FBI vetting
Co-hosted the first FBI Norfolk Cyber Summit with the FBI Norfolk Field Office and ODU on January 28, 2026 (1:00 to 4:00 p.m., ODU Webb Center), as shown in the invitation reposted by the Virginia Maritime Association. The chapter's own site posts no events and the page does not say the summit was held, so the date rests on that invitation.
Quiet: last activity Jan 2026Vetting required
Hampton Roads campuses, including Old Dominion University, Christopher Newport University and Tidewater Community College · Metro area
Monthly speaker events during the academic year; CyberForge conference and CTF once a year
A student-run association based in Norfolk that links campus cyber clubs at Old Dominion University (an NSA Center of Academic Excellence), Christopher Newport University and Tidewater Community College. CyberForge 2026 was held March 28 and 29, 2026 at Christopher Newport University in Newport News; CyberForge 2027 is set for April 3 and 4, 2027 at Old Dominion University. Its site says it hosts monthly speaker events, but no dated speaker event after March 29, 2026 could be read; dates are shared on its Discord.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
Old Dominion University, Norfolk · Metro area
Meetings during the academic year; dates posted on the ODU CampusGroups page (sign-in needed for room details)
ODU is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence, about 20 miles from Chesapeake. The club's "Meet the Professors" meeting on October 6, 2026 is marked on its page as already taken place, with 20 registered; the page gives no fee and the room is shown only after sign-in. The club is a co-host of CyberForge.
Students only
Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake Campus (1428 Cedar Road); the college's cybersecurity programs also run at the Virginia Beach Campus · In the city
No public meeting schedule; the club prepares students for cyber events and competitions
A student club listed on the Chesapeake Campus clubs page with the purpose of encouraging interest in cybersecurity and participation in cyber events and competitions; TCC's cybersecurity activities page also lists a Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) student chapter. The college's cyber team (T4) won the community college division of the 2024 Virginia Cyber Cup, and TCC placed third in that division at the Commonwealth Cyber Fusion and Virginia Cyber Cup at VMI in Lexington on February 20 and 21, 2026. The club co-hosted CyberForge 2024 with CVCSA at the Virginia Beach Campus on February 10 and 11, 2024. Open to TCC students; tcc.edu pages return an access error to automated reading and were not re-read, so contact the college's Cybersecurity Center for meeting details.
Students only
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ODU Webb University Center, 1301 W 49th St, Norfolk · Metro area
Community conference; the inaugural edition was held October 9 and 10, 2026
Volunteer-run community security conference for the Hampton Roads region. Its inaugural edition ran October 9 and 10, 2026 at Old Dominion University's Webb University Center in Norfolk; the organizer's site still shows the 2026 announcement, and a merged October 19, 2026 pull request on the 757 tech community site adds photos of a talk on October 10. No 2027 date has been announced.
Paid
Oceanfront hotels, Virginia Beach · Metro area
Annual multi-day training event in late August
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS Virginia Beach 2026 ran August 24 to September 4, 2026 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront and Hilton Garden Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The 2026 page has since been removed from sans.org, so the source is an archived copy of SANS's own page.
PaidVendor-hosted
DOMA Technologies, 585 London Bridge Rd, Virginia Beach · Metro area
Formerly first Tuesday evenings; no meeting posted since May 2025
Adjacent: a general AWS cloud user group, not a security group, though it has hosted security sessions (AWS Security Best Practices, June 4, 2024). The most recent meeting on its Meetup page was May 6, 2025.
Quiet: last activity May 2025Free
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